"We wasted a lot of time in practice over the last two weeks playing man-to-man," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. "Against Princeton, we looked like we never practiced it. We felt all along we would play some zone but felt we could get by a little longer than we did."

Will Venable led the Tigers (1-1) with 17 points and six rebounds and Judson Wallace had 11 points.

Demetris Nichols had 14 points and Terrence Roberts added eight points and six rebounds for the Orange.

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DeWitt Maxwell was 7 of 10 from the field and scored 15 points to lead Fairfield (1-1) to a 62-47 victory over Alabama A&M (0-2). Deng Gai had 14 points and six blocked shots for the Stags and Terrence Todd had nine assists.

North Carolina point guard Raymond Felton has been suspended one game for playing in an uncertified summer league game. Felton, a junior, will miss the fourth-ranked Tar Heels' opener against Santa Clara.